ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The Joint Commission recently petitioned the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid for waivers for multiple requirements in the 2000 edition of the Life Safety Code. CMS granted the waivers for ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, critical access hospitals, long-term care facilities…

The Joint Commission has granted the University of New Mexico Hospitals in Albuquerque two-year certification for its hip and knee replacement programs.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued guidelines on Medicare certification for facilities that change ownership.

The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer recently accredited the joint pediatric cancer program at Nemours Children's Clinic and Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jackson, Fla., according to a firstcoastnews.com report.

URAC, an independent national accreditation organization, has announced the launch of its Clinical Integration and Accountable Care accreditation programs.

The Center for Breast Health at South Nassau Communities Hospital's Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center has earned three-year accreditation from the American College of Surgeons National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers.

  The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has been approved by CMS to continue accrediting acute-care hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid.

The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities has accredited the Austin, Texas-based practice Widner & Alford Maxillofacial Surgery.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has announced that is seeking public comment on its existing standards and proposed revisions for 2014.

The Joint Commission has reaccredited St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, N.D., as a primary stroke center, according to a KQCD-TV report.